2025 Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC)
Registration
Overview
Mark your calendars, the Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC) will be held a few weeks earlier this year on Tuesday, April 22, 2025!
The VRIC emphasizes the exchange of basic and translational vascular science that stimulates thoughtful discussion and motivates participants to discover solutions to important problems affecting vascular patients. The VRIC brings together vascular surgeons, vascular biologists, physicians with an interest in vascular problems, vascular surgery trainees and research trainees in vascular surgery and vascular biology.
The VRIC will be held in conjunction with the American Heart Association's Vascular Discovery 2025 Scientific Sessions From Genes to Medicine, also held at the Marriott Baltimore Waterfront (April 22-25, 2025). The SVS has teamed up with AHA to offer these two exclusive meetings in the same location and timeframe to help save attendees on travel costs; however, please note the VRIC and Vascular Discovery are two separate conferences with separate registration fees.
This year’s theme is: Deploying Multi-omics to Reveal New Therapeutic Targets in Vascular Biology.
New and evolving topics may be discussed, debated, and explored during the VRIC. Planners and faculty must facilitate engagement with these topics without advocating for or promoting practices that are not or not yet adequately based on current science, evidence, and clinical reasoning.
As a condition of its ACCME Accreditation, SVS’s CE activities will not advocate for unscientific approaches to diagnosis or therapy, or promote recommendations, treatment, or manners of practicing healthcare that are determined to have risks or dangers that outweigh the benefits or are known to be ineffective in the treatment of patients.
2025 Alexander W. Clowes Distinguished Lecturer
Ulf Hedin, MD Lecture Title: Dr. Ulf Hedin, a renowned surgeon-scientist and professor in the Department of Vascular Surgery at Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institute, will deliver the Alexander W. Clowes Distinguished Lecture at VRIC25. Dr. Hedin brings a wealth of expertise, having served as chairman of Karolinska's Department of Vascular Surgery from 2010 to 2016. His leadership extends across the European Society of Vascular Surgery (ESVS), the Vascular Access Society, and various Swedish health organizations. He also serves as an associate editor for the Journal of Vascular Surgery–Vascular Science (JVS-VS). Stay tuned for more details, including Dr. Hedin’s insights and reflections, as he prepares to honor Dr. Clowes's legacy. |
2025 Translational Panel
Masanori Aikawa, MD, PhD Lecture Title: A systems approach to target discovery for inflammatory vascular diseases: A focus on macrophages in atherosclerosis and maladaptive venous grafts Dr. Masanori Aikawa has consistently conducted vascular biology research since the late 1980s, as evidenced by 237 publications, 225 lectureship invitations, H-index 76, and 23,752 citations. His research has been recognized with awards and honors, including three major awards from the AHA (Special Recognition Award in Vascular Biology in 2013; the Jeffrey M. Hoeg Award for Basic Science and Clinical Research in 2023; Russell Ross Memorial Lectureship in 2024), the Alexander Clowes Memorial Lectureship in 2024 for the International Society for Applied Cardiovascular Biology, the Annual Tucker Collins Lectureship in 2013 for the Harvard Medical School’s Vascular Biology Seminar Series, and the Cardiovascular Ground Rounds in 2024 at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He has held editorial positions for major journals (e.g., Circulation, Circ Res, ATVB, JACC, Cardiovasc Res). Dr. Aikawa is the Chief Editor of Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. He has served as a reviewer for federal, foundation, and international grants (e.g., NIH AICS Study Section, NIH AVI Study Section, VA Department Merit Awards, AHA Vascular Wall Review Group). |
Registration
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Category
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Early-Bird Rate (through Mar. 5) |
Regular Rate (Mar. 6 & after) |
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SVS Member Surgeon/Physician/PhD |
$275 |
$350 |
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Non-Member Surgeon/Physician/PhD |
$350 |
$425 |
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Early Active Member, Resident, Fellow, Student, Non-Member Postdoctoral Researchers |
$165 |
$200 |
| Staff, Invited Speakers, Moderators, VRIC Trainee Award Winners | $0 | $0 |
Registration questions or need to cancel? Email meetings@vascularsociety.org. Registration refund requests must be received by email by March 31, 2025. All cancellations will be processed after VRIC. You will need to check with your hotel regarding their cancellation policy.
Attendee Housing
Attendees can now make online reservations at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront through the AHA’s Vascular Discovery Conference housing portal by clicking here. If booking by phone, you must mention you are booking as part of the AHA’s Vascular Discovery room block to get the discounted rate. The $259 + taxes/fees discounted rate is available on a first-come, first-served basis through March 31.
Baltimore Marriott Waterfront
700 Aliceanna Street
Baltimore, MD 21202, US
Questions?
Email the SVS Education Department.